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Harlem Nights Details

1989

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Starring	Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Jasmine Guy, Michael Lerner
Director	Eddie Murphy
Genres	Comedy, Drama

Harlem Nights

Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) became Quick's (Eddie Murphy) adopted father when an adolescent Quick saved his life. Twenty-five years later, in 1938, Ray runs the most popular club in Harlem, with Quick as his right-hand man. Before long, Bugsy, a white mobster (Michael Lerner) comes knocking for a piece of the club's action in the form of weekly protection money, with a crooked cop (Danny Aiello) as the muscle and a dangerous woman (Jasmine Guy) as the bait. But by fixing a big boxing match, Ray and Quick just may be able to thwart Bugsy's plan and make off with a wad of his cash in the process. Murphy wrote and directed.

Starring	Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Jasmine Guy, Michael Lerner, Arsenio Hall, Della Reese, Danny Aiello, Redd Foxx, Berlinda Tolbert, Stan Shaw
Director	Eddie Murphy
Studio	PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 51 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy, Drama
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish
Released	Production year: 1989 To Rent: DVD: 13 May 2002

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- "...Murphy's effort is distinguished by his own singular presence as an actor, and by the delight he takes in appearing with his various co-stars....At the center of HARLEM NIGHTS is one of the great young talents of the day in the process of seeing just how far he can go..."
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  Should've been a riot with two legendary comedy performers. Ok with the story but the script is too strict and maybe more ... read more »
  
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  No spoiler. This was an excellent movie. A gangster theme which is not predictable since it is paired with comedy. Not surprising with Messrs Pryor and Murphy... read more »
  
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  A must see for anyone that likes comedys, it was always going to be funny with Pryor and Murphy in it and it didnt dissapoint
  
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  Should've been a riot with two legendary comedy performers. Ok with the story but the script is too strict and maybe more ... read more »
  
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  Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) became Quick's (Eddie Murphy) adopted father when an adolescent Quick saved his life. Twenty-five years later, in 1938, Ray runs the most popular club in Harlem, with Quick as his right-hand man. Before long, Bugsy, a white mobster (Michael Lerner) comes knocking for a ...